Blessed Bonaventure of Potenza
1026 Priest (First Order)
Entrance Antiphon [ Ps 21:2-3 ]
Lord, your strength gives joy to the just. They greatly delight in your saving help. You have granted them their heart’s desire.
Collect
Almighty God, you have made Blessed Bonaventure illustrious in the virtue of obedience and in love for neighbor. Through his prayers and example grant us to comply with your precepts, to rejoice in spirit, and to advance on the way of perfection. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, give to us who offer these gifts at your altar the same spirit of love that filled Blessed Bonaventure. By celebrating this sacred Eucharist with pure minds and loving hearts, may we offer a sacrifice that pleases you, and brings salvation to us. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon [ Mt 16:24 ]
If anyone wishes to come after me, he must renounce himself, take up his cross and follow me, says the Lord.
Prayer after Communion
Lord, may the sacraments we receive on this feast in honor of Blessed Bonaventure give us holiness of mind and body and bring us into your divine life. We ask this through Christ our Lord.
Lord, your strength gives joy to the just. They greatly delight in your saving help. You have granted them their heart’s desire.
Collect
Almighty God, you have made Blessed Bonaventure illustrious in the virtue of obedience and in love for neighbor. Through his prayers and example grant us to comply with your precepts, to rejoice in spirit, and to advance on the way of perfection. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Prayer over the Offerings
Lord, give to us who offer these gifts at your altar the same spirit of love that filled Blessed Bonaventure. By celebrating this sacred Eucharist with pure minds and loving hearts, may we offer a sacrifice that pleases you, and brings salvation to us. Grant this through Christ our Lord.
Communion Antiphon [ Mt 16:24 ]
If anyone wishes to come after me, he must renounce himself, take up his cross and follow me, says the Lord.
Prayer after Communion
Lord, may the sacraments we receive on this feast in honor of Blessed Bonaventure give us holiness of mind and body and bring us into your divine life. We ask this through Christ our Lord.